The works of the Rev. William Thom, late minister ... - waughfamily.ca
The works of the Rev. William Thom, late minister ... - waughfamily.ca The works of the Rev. William Thom, late minister ... - waughfamily.ca
THETRIAL OF A STUDENT'IN THECOLLEGE OF CLUTHA!>; THEKINGDOM OF OCEANA.t:^num£RABLE^ are the advantages which we of thisage enjoy, fince the recovery and publication ofFingal and Tcmora. The primeval ftate of our Celticanccftors is clearly fet before us. Our ancient heroesappear to have been as valorous as Hc6lor andAchilles, and our bards as able as ever Homer wasto fin 2 and record their magnanimous feats.In particular, one great blefTmg derived to us fromthefe Gaelic fcngs, is, that we are made acquaintedwith new countries and iflands, or old names t)f themat leaft, which otherwife we could never have known;names fo new, fo fonorous, and mellifluous, that theyilrike out ears with delight.The ifland of Oceana, the city and univerfity ofClutha, are amongfl thefe new difcoveries ; for I willventure to lay it down as an orthodox principle, andundeniable faft, in the beginning of this my hiftory,that the name of Clutha harh never been heard of byBut I wouldany perfon in Great Britain, France, or Ireland, exceptby thofe who have perufed Fingal.fain indulge the vanity of an author, and pleafe myfelfwith the hope that Clutha fhall become univerfallyknown by the hiftory I am going to write.Whereabouts this Clutha is fituated I do not find
LETTERS, TRACTS, ;cr» Tto Be particularly defcribed. Our Celti-: bards havebeen fo rapt and poiTelfed by the poetic fury, thattheir geography is the leis exa^t, Oceana, ho\veverj»appears to have been either in the great Atlantic O-cean, or on the eall fide of it j or, for any thing tiiar:can now be demonftrated to the contrary^ it may havebeen fome large province, and Clutha fome fort ofancient city within the four Bntiih feas. But v/hereClutha was, or what modern city was anciently calledby that name, it is not my bufmefs or defign toinquire. If the real fa£l:3 which I tranfmit to pofterityare eileemed honourable, any univerfity thatpleafes is welcome to alTum^r the name of Clutha : Ifthe fa£f3 are condemned, every univerfity is at fullliberty to difclaim that name,, and to demonftrate, bylearned difTertations, that it is not Clutha. But it istime to leave the introdu(£tion, and begin the hiftory*Chap. I. It appears to every ferious and thinkingperfon, that Clutha muft have been in a country wherecivil government was efta^lilhed, and v/here learningwas purfued ; of the fir(l a parHanient is a proof,^ asan univerfity is of the laft. We find that freedom ofdebate was believed to be the privilege of parliament.We read of eloquent fpeeches /delivered, there j fomeparts of v/hich v/ill be afterwards .particularly takennotice of in the body of this hiilory. And though Iam not to difcufs the point till I have received fomearicient papers, which may furniih materials for a futureperformance, the conilitution feems to have beenvery different from any thing that exills at prefentfor the univerfity had a right to examine into, tojudge, and to condemi"v the ipceclies made in parliament,and even to degrade and punifii thofe who deliveredthem. Ail that was alleged againll the ilu~dent was wrong exprefiions. It was for words orimproper exprelhons that he wa5 forced to undergothat trial of which I write the hiilory.Chap. 2. Politicians, or political wiTt^rsy have la—1 i I.
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THETRIAL OF A STUDENT'IN THECOLLEGE OF CLUTHA!>; THEKINGDOM OF OCEANA.t:^num£RABLE^ are <strong>the</strong> advantages which we <strong>of</strong> thisage enjoy, fince <strong>the</strong> recovery and publi<strong>ca</strong>tion <strong>of</strong>Fingal and Tcmora. <strong>The</strong> primeval ftate <strong>of</strong> our Celti<strong>ca</strong>nccftors is clearly fet before us. Our ancient heroesappear to have been as valorous as Hc6lor andAchilles, and our bards as able as ever Homer wasto fin 2 and record <strong>the</strong>ir magnanimous feats.In particular, one great blefTmg derived to us from<strong>the</strong>fe Gaelic fcngs, is, that we are made acquaintedwith new countries and iflands, or old names t)f <strong>the</strong>mat leaft, which o<strong>the</strong>rwife we could never have known;names fo new, fo fonorous, and mellifluous, that <strong>the</strong>yilrike out ears with delight.<strong>The</strong> ifland <strong>of</strong> Oceana, <strong>the</strong> city and univerfity <strong>of</strong>Clutha, are amongfl <strong>the</strong>fe new difcoveries ; for I willventure to lay it down as an orthodox principle, andundeniable faft, in <strong>the</strong> beginning <strong>of</strong> this my hiftory,that <strong>the</strong> name <strong>of</strong> Clutha harh never been heard <strong>of</strong> byBut I wouldany perfon in Great Britain, France, or Ireland, exceptby th<strong>of</strong>e who have perufed Fingal.fain indulge <strong>the</strong> vanity <strong>of</strong> an author, and pleafe myfelfwith <strong>the</strong> hope that Clutha fhall become univerfallyknown by <strong>the</strong> hiftory I am going to write.Whereabouts this Clutha is fituated I do not find
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